Following Syria’s civil war is never easy. The old adage that the first casualty of war is the truth still applies, and such is the relentless brutality it is often difficult to even confirm when an incident took place. But … Continue reading
You’ve seen the images: the bleak, dramatic, rain-soaked and sepia-toned shots of dark skies over New York city as Sandy hit the US East Coast. Instagram went into overdrive as the largest tropical system on record made landfall on Monday … Continue reading
Wowzah! Check out this image of Hurricane Sandy hitting NYC! Almost too good to be true, right? Well, more than almost, actually. It’s a fake, a photoshopped version of a shot by stormchaser Mike Hollingshead that dates back to 2004. … Continue reading
Obama’s straight-talking campaign manager Jim Messina arrived in prebuttal mode to a calm Spin Alley – the name given to the designated space where party representatives engage with the media after a political event – in Hofstra University ahead of … Continue reading
One week into its new iteration and Source, a new site dedicated to journalism code, has already paid for its position on the Bookmarks toolbar. This latest project from Knight-Mozilla OpenNews states as its purpose the amplification of “the impact of journalism code … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of talk lately of content – journalists need it, stories require it, everybody’s after it and all hail it as king. But beyond content – the meat of a news story, the stuff that fills up … Continue reading
Facebook – the social network for looking at your friends wedding pictures and giggling at witty, pithy status updates? Right. But what if I told you it was also an invaluable journalistic tool, offering up a snapshot of public opinion … Continue reading
A woman is filming a thunderstorm when lightning strikes a tree metres from the camera. A fireball explodes, the woman jumps back, shouting “Oh shit!”. Video gold, a segment any local news network would love to broadcast. Judge for yourself: … Continue reading
How can social media be used to best effect in news gathering? What practical steps – from organising Twitter and Facebook lists, through Tweetdeck searches [pictured above], RSS feeds and Google advanced operators – can help journalists optimise social media … Continue reading
“It’s crazy. I would consider it one of the worst photos I’ve ever taken, but it has become the most popular photo on my stream.” That’s how designer See-Ming Lee describes what might be one of the world’s most widely … Continue reading
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